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REGION: Cherokee Indians pass through southern Illinois on the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma. Cherokee was forced to give up its land and go to Oklahoma. (Don't know exact date)
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REGION: The first Illinois State Fair is held in Springfield
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REGION: The new Illinois State Constitution is put into place and is taking action.
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REGION: The Great Chicago Fire happened in October 8, 1871 and lasted for 3 days ending on the 10th of October. The Fire is said to be started by a cow and destored 3.3 square miles of Chicago.
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NOVEL: Holmes, the killer, goes to medical school.
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NOVEL: Dr. H. H. Holmes was the killer in The Devil in the White City. He moved to Chicago where he started his killings in his hotel.
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NOVEL: Holmes bought the land that his murder castle was built.
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WORLD: The Exposition Universelle was help in Paris, France from May 6 to October 31 in 1889. The Paris Exposition was to celebrate the achievemnets of the French Revolution.
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NOVEL: During an investigation, detectives from Chicago found the bones of Holmes vitims in his castle.
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REGION: Chicago becomes the second largest city. Perfect for Holmes becuas now he can get more vitims
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REGION: The World's Columbian Exposition was a fair in remembrance of Christopher Columbus's 400th anniversary of arriving to America that was held in Chicago.
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NOVEL: Burnham was named director of works. He was now in charge in everything
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REGION: Unemployed workers marched to Washington D.C. Railroads were over-built. This caused farmers to have droughts and they started to have less cash.
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WORLD: The Exclusion Act was a treaty signed by Amercian diplomats in Peking to limit the entry of Chinese nationals into the United States.
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WORLD: Henry Ford finished his first successful gas motor.
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NOVEL: When Holmes took the kids, they went to the hotel and on October 1, 1894 they checked out.
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WORLD: France and Russia team up against Austria-Hungary.
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NOVEL: Detective Geyer found Alice and Nellie Pitezel in Toronto dead. Alice was 15 and Nellie was 11
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NOVEL: Holmes is put on trail so a jury in Toronto can decide weather or not he killed Alice and Nellie Pitezel.
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NOVEL: Benjamin Pitezel os found dead and people believe Holmes did it. He now awaits trail.
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NOVEL: Holmes was given the death penalty for killing all those people
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REGION: The General Assembly passes the Ten-Hour Law for women.
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WORLD: The Titanic ship sank into the North Atlantic Ocean which had 2,200 people aboard. The ship had hit an iceberg before going down.
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REGION: General Assembly grants women the right to vote for the next president
